First French Empire

NAPOLEON BONAPART Once in a battle Napoleon said “When I see a empty throne I feel a urge to sit on it”. Napoleon Bonaparte, a French ruler tried to take over the world and rule it. His childhood, years as a general and his years as a emperor made him a strong ruler. (Vernon, 12-13) The childhood of Napoleon prepared him for war. Napoleon was born August 15 ,1769 on the island of Corsica and his father practiced law. His family belonged to nobility. The military school he went to was in…

Napoleon was an admired French ruler and military head figure. He introduced new concepts to France that brought them into a new era, and he won many battles for the citizens, which raised their spirits. Napoleon's rapid rise to power and legacy were brought on by his personality and popularity with the people, his political views and reformation of France, and his rapid climbing up the ranks in the French government. Napoleon's personality had a great deal to…

Since 1792, France’s revolutionary government had been engaged in military conflicts with many nations. In 1796, Napoleon commanded a French army that defeated the armies of Austria, one of his country’s primary rivals, in a series of battles in Italy. In 1797, France and Austria signed the Treaty of Campo Formio, resulting in territorial gains for the French. The Directory, the five-person group that had governed France since 1795, allowed to let Napoleon lead an invasion of England. He…

Biographical Background: Charles De Gaulle was a French general who served as President of France from 1959 to 1969. (Charles De Gaulle, 2015) De Gaulle was born into a Catholic and strongly patriotic family. Seeking a career as a military leader, he went to a military academy and joined the French military. Soon after fighting in one of the battles of World War I in 1916 and being captured and injured, he was promoted to become captain. After his promotion, he went on to serve on the Supreme…

time he was told about the disasters of the people. The people in France in the 18th suffered food shortages and many starved to death. The people in France were divided into three estates, the groups that specified your social status in France. The first estate consisted clergy, second was the nobility and the third was the rest of the population. The two upper estates had a lot of privileges like exemption to pay taxes which infuriated the third estate because they had to pay high taxes even…

greatest warriors there ever was, a true hero. Others disagree and call him greedy, even cruel. There is no doubt, though, that he was one of the biggest names in history accomplishing many things for the French nation. Both as a ruler and an army officer Napoleon was able to restore the French nation and its people once again. So, In the end it seems that he was more hero then he was villian. Among his many accomplishments Napoleon was able to restore government control, rise in military…

A) Napoleon I and his French Empire: (1769-1821) Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered most of Europe in the early 19th century. Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution. After seizing political power in France in 1799, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. Shrewd, ambitious and a skilled military strategist, Napoleon I successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and…

Napoleon did service for Louis xvl and he did artillery unit at Vallance. Napoleon was an influence because he was a good general for the french who took over most of Europe and others.He had 10 siblings and had a nice childhood. He had a pretty good education. He was not poor his father was lawyer and his mother was a stay at home mom. Napoleon was 4/10 children that lived he was not wealthy and attended military school and was ranked little corporal he then got invited to a royal military…

continued with the importance of a having a national army from the French Revolution and instilled discipline in his Soldiers to return to their regiments after foraging off the land. The national army construct held intact from the French Revolution enabled Napoleon to seize the iniative and focus his efforts towards the decisive battle. Napoleon’s armies displayed discipline and loyalty their country that did not exist prior to the French Revolution. Today’s armies of the West demonstrate…

Not since Julius Caesar and his expansive Roman Empire had there been a leader so pervasive or impressing as Napoleon Bonaparte. Born on the previously Italian, then French island of Corsica in 1769 and raised by the middling yet technically noble Buonaparté family, Napoleon would, by the end of his life, come to rule France as its First Consul and, later, constitutional emperor for a total of fifteen war-filled years. By age 20, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in France’s 1st…